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Sunday, 1 January 2012

My Book Haul/ In My Mailbox

The Story Siren hosts a weekly meme where bloggers can share what goodies they've purchased/received this week. If you get a chance head over to The Story Siren and check out what everyone is up to!

Now Christmas is truly over, my book buying ban has finished - and I made good use of it this week!

Shaedes of Gray - Amanda BonillaPublisher: Signet

In the shadows of the night, Darian has lived alone for almost a century. Made and abandoned by her former love, Darian is the last of her kind—an immortal Shaede who can slip into darkness as easily as breathing. With no one else to rely on, she has taught herself how to survive, using her unique skills to become a deadly assassin. When Darian's next mark turns out to be Xander Peck, King of the Shaede Nation, her whole worldview is thrown into question. Darian begins to wonder if she's taken on more than her conscience will allow. But a good assassin never leaves a job unfinished...

Since I first started seeing this popping on wishlists I thought it was right up by Urban Fantasy street and then when browsing on fishpondworld I saw it being sold for £1.99 with postage - that's an offer I can't refuse!

Once Every Never - Lesley Livingston

Publisher: Penguin

Clarinet Reid is a pretty typical teenager. On the surface. She’s smart, but a bit of slacker; outgoing, but just a little insecure; not exactly a mischief-maker… but trouble tends to find her wherever she goes. Also? She unwittingly carries a centuries-old Druid Blood Curse running through her veins. Now, with a single thoughtless act, what started off as the Summer Vacation in Dullsville suddenly spirals into a deadly race to find a stolen artifact, avert an explosive catastrophe, save a Celtic warrior princess, right a dreadful wrong that happened centuries before Clare was even born, and if there’s still time—literally—maybe even get a date. This is the kind of adventure that happens to a girl once every… never.

This was only £3.99 on Fishpondworld and I've been meaning to try them out so I thought this would be an experiment. Honest. Plus it looks like a lot of fun! :-)

Eye of the Tempest (Jane True 4) - Nicole PeelerPublisher: UK - Orbit

Nothing says "home" like being attacked by humans with very large guns, as Jane and Anyan discover when they arrive in Rockabill. These are professionals, brought into kill, and they bring Anyan down before either Jane or the barghest can react. Seeing Anyan fall awakens a terrible power within Jane, and she nearly destroys herself taking out their attackers. Jane wakes, weeks later, to discover that she's not the only thing that's been stirring. Something underneath Rockabill is coming to life: something ancient, something powerful, and something that just might destroy the world. Jane and her friends must act, striking out on a quest that only Jane can finish. For whatever lurks beneath the Old Sow must be stopped...and Jane's just the halfling for the job.

I love Jane True and having finished Tempest's Legacy I was desperate to get my hands on the next book! I can't wait to start reading this!

Fate's Edge (The Edge 3) - Ilona Andrews

Publisher: Ace Fantasy

Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she's determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But when her brother gets into hot water, the former thief takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades...
Kaldar Mar-a gambler, lawyer, thief, and spy-expects his latest assignment tracking down a stolen item to be a piece of cake, until Audrey shows up. But when the item falls into the hands of a lethal criminal, Kaldar realizes that in order to finish the job, he's going to need Audrey's help...

I actually pre-ordered this months ago - and it turned up at last! I still haven't read the second in The Edge series, Bayou Moon but now I can read both without a long wait between them. :-)

Tyger, Tyger (Goblin Wars 1) - Kersten Hamilton

Publisher: Clarion Publisher

In the shadows of the night, Darian has lived alone for almost a century. Made and abandoned by her former love, Darian is the last of her kind—an immortal Shaede who can slip into darkness as easily as breathing. With no one else to rely on, she has taught herself how to survive, using her unique skills to become a deadly assassin. When Darian's next mark turns out to be Xander Peck, King of the Shaede Nation, her whole worldview is thrown into question. Darian begins to wonder if she's taken on more than her conscience will allow. But a good assassin never leaves a job unfinished.

Seeing as I won the sequel last week I decided to pick up the first book in the series so I could start at the beginning!

I love FishPond World- if American hardbacks are too expensive on Amazon, they are usually about half the price on there. Trouble is delivery takes so long. I got Once Every Never for christmas, and I can't stop looking at the pretty cover!

Oh my oh my oh my! You have some amazing books here! The first two I do want and they sound so good. I have and have read a few of the last ones, a few I still have to get to. :) But Wonderful take for the week. :) Hope you have a wonderful week.

Fate’s Edge was a fun book from start to finish; filled with the epic world-building that Ms. Andrews so excels at, it expanded on the universe that the previous two books in this series built and mastered the depiction of some pretty particular characters. The plot of this book served to both further the overall story-arch of the Edge series and to help us explore the characters in this story in new and fascinating ways. Both old and new characters find new light in this book; all while keeping a pulse-pounding pace one step ahead of disaster and a humorous voice that made this volume a joy to experience.